Configuring the DNS client
Procedure
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Configure one or more DNS name servers with the command
ip dns server
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To resolve DNS requests by appending a domain name to the requests, either configure a single domain name with the command
ip dns domain-name
, or configure a list of up to six domain names with the commandip dns domain-list
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To use static name resolution for certain hosts, associate an IP address to a host with the command
ip dns host
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Review your DNS configuration settings with the command
show ip dns
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Examples
This example creates the following configuration:
- Defines the domain switch.com to append to all requests.
- Defines a DNS server with IPv4 address of 1.1.1.1.
- Defines a static DNS host named myhost1 with an IPv4 address of 3.3.3.3.
DNS client traffic is sent on the default VRF (named default).
switch(config)# ip dns domain-name switch.com switch(config)# ip dns server-address 1.1.1.1 switch(config)# ip dns host myhost1 3.3.3.3 switch(config)# exit switch# show ip dns VRF Name : vrf_mgmt Host Name Address -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VRF Name : vrf_default Domain Name : switch.com DNS Domain list : Name Server(s) : 1.1.1.1 Host Name Address -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- myhost1